A soldier's letters to charming Nellie
By: by J.B. Polley, of Hood's Texas Brigade ; edited by Richard B. McCaslin.
Contributors: McCaslin, Richard B.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Voices of the Civil War
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 362
ISBN-13: 9781572336131
Subjects: Polley, J. B. -- 1840-1918 -- Correspondence; Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Texas Brigade; Confederate States of America. -- Army. -- Texas Infantry Regiment, 4th; Soldiers -- Confederate States of America -- Correspondence; Soldiers -- Texas -- Correspondence; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; Texas -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
Genres: Correspondence.; Personal narratives.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Description: "One of the most cited collections of letters by a Civil War soldier, A Soldier's Letters to Charming Nellie was originally published in 1908. A unit history of the 4th Texas Infantry in epistolary form, Joseph B. Polley's letters make available the correspondence of a soldier who participated in virtually all military action in the Eastern Theater. Polley was an unusually gifted writer, with a talent for satire and humor unmatched by most Civil War diarists." "In this definitive, annotated edition, Richard B. McCaslin has prepared new transcriptions of the letters and compared variant versions of them, resolving many of the historiographical puzzles that surround this wonderful collection. McCaslin also includes an analysis of when, how, and why Polley wrote the letters." "The volume will aid historians interested in the activities of the Army of Northern Virginia and its commanders, and especially students of Hood's Texas Brigade."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.